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----- Original Message ----- From: "TruthMedia Women's Devotional" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gwen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 6:44 AM Subject: Womens Email Devotional - Saturday October 11, 2008 > > > JESUS-LOVE IS PERSONAL > > > by Jon Walker > > ** Helping you to deal with hurt emotions is something God is glad to help > you with. Check out our free interactive Bible studies on "Hurt emotions": > http://mag.thelife.com/study_hurtsemotions/ > > Listen to this devotional online: > http://thelife.com/blogs/experience/kindle/2008/10/11/jesus-love-is-personal-3/ > > "We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not > from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of > truth and the spirit of falsehood." 1 John 4:6 > > My mother gave me a great gift and that is sensitivity about giving gifts. > She taught me giving a gift is an opportunity to show you've thought about > the person, taking time to discover likes and needs. > > What this translates into is you don't use a birthday to give a household > item you were going to purchase anyway: "Gee, honey, thanks for the vacuum > cleaner." Or, you don't give your eighty-year-old aunt a power drill > (unless that's what she really wants!). The fact that there are so many > returns after Christmas and so many gift cards purchased (okay, I buy them > too) shows we're not taking the time to make gifts personal. > > Here's the thing: just like gifts, love operates as personal. Jesus came > in person. He didn't come to us as a religion, a set of laws, or merely as > an ideal; he came in person. Through his death and resurrection he brings > us into the personal embrace of a passionate and loving relationship. > > We live in an increasingly impersonal world where "don't call us until > you've read through all the frequently asked questions" is the norm, and > when we finally do call, we get a recorded voice. We live as if better > organization, perfect efficiency, and instant acquisition will somehow > deliver us from our meaninglessness and hopelessness. > > Yet, Jesus-one, we are from God, the Creator and Protector of all that is > personal. Through our personalized expression of love for each other we > proclaim: "Do you want to see who the person of God is and how he > personally loves us? Watch how we love one another." > > Permanent devotional link: > http://thelife.com/experience/devotionalformen/jesus-love-is-personal/ > > Question: How will other people you meet know that you follow Jesus > without having to ask? > > About this Author: > http://thelife.com/experience/devotionalformen/authors/jon-walker/ > > > Comment on the devotional blog. Interact with others who are reading > today's devotional. Visit > http://thelife.com/blogs/experience/devotionalforwomen/2008/10/11/jesus-love-is-personal/#comments > > Copyright > This devotional is protected by copyright laws and may not be reprinted or > posted to a site without permission from TruthMedia Internet Group. All > readers are welcome to forward the devotional to a friend or link to it. > If you would like to seek permission to reprint the devotional in full, > please see our guidelines: > http://tmdevotionals.com/women/reprint-permission/ > > > > ----------End of Newsletter Text---------- > You are currently subscribed to the TruthMedia Daily Women's Devotional as > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > or visit http://www.tmdevotionals.com/unsubscribe and fill in the required > information. > > Feel free to forward this devotional to a friend. If you received it from > a friend and would like to subscribe, visit > http://www.tmdevotionals.com/subscribe and fill in the required > information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.8.0/1719 - Release Date: 10/10/2008 4:08 PM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
